Very erect, facing front, hands clasped in laps. Silence. VI Ru. RU Yes. VI Flo. FLO Yes. VI When did we three last meet? RU Let us not speak.[Silence.Exit Vi right.Silence.] FLO Ru. RU Yes. FLO What do you think of Vi? RU I see little change. [Flo moves to centre seat, whispers in Ru’s ear. Appalled.] Oh! [They look at each other. Flo puts her finger to her lips.] Does she not realize? FLO God grant not.[Enter Vi. Flo and Ru turn back front, resume pose. Vi sits right. Silence.] Just sit together as we used to, in the playground at Miss Wade’s. RU On the log.[Silence.Exit Flo left.Silence.]Vi. VI Yes. RU How do you find Flo? VI She seems much the same. [Ru moves to centre seat, whispers in Vi’s ear. Appalled.] Oh! [They look at each other. Ru puts her finger to her lips.] Has she not been told? RU God forbid.[Enter Flo. Ru and Vi turn back front, resume pose. Flo sits left.] Holding hands . . . that way. FLO Dreaming of . . . love.[Silence.Exit Ru right.Silence.] VI Flo. FLO Yes.
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